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Charles Redmond

Barrister

Charles Redmond is a junior barrister at Fountain Court Chambers with a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice. He has particular expertise in commercial crime, including corporate criminal liability and bribery, as well as civil fraud, banking disputes, and financial services. He read law at Magdalen College, Oxford, and is a contributing author to the forthcoming edition of Montgomery and Ormerod on Fraud. Email: cxr@fountaincourt.co.uk

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Market abuse: the limits on civil recovery for investors in the US and UK

This article examines the civil remedies available under English law to investors who suffer loss when counterparties trade on inside information. Taking the Archegos collapse as its point of departure, it concludes that while regulatory and criminal sanctions exist, the obstacles to private recovery are formidable. Neither negligence, deceit, nor unlawful means conspiracy offers a viable route to compensation.

27 FEB 2026